Fearghal O'Connor

Bussiness

Falling forestry planting rates undermining long-term viability of Ireland’s timber sector

Admin - October 27, 2024

Sector is seeking greater use of Irish wood in the construction industry “The big expenditure in the forestry budget is in paying farmers over 20...

Bussiness

‘Strong momentum’ in home-building transactions drives Bank of Ireland’s €30m Castlethorn development deal

Admin - September 29, 2024

The debt funding deal means that so far this year Bank of Ireland has approved close to €500m in funding transactions aimed at supporting...

Infra

Is the tide now turning on Ireland’s FDI miracle? Infrastructure deficit is the biggest threat to prosperity

Admin - September 22, 2024

With Amazon investing €35bn in Europe and none of it here, is FDI at an inflection point? Ireland’s industrial policy is at a crossroads, with...

Bussiness

Cantor surpasses €50m income for first time in Ireland

Admin - September 22, 2024

FinanceThe Irish arm of global financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald has posted record financial results on the back of a big jump in the...

Bussiness

Quantum chips can solve Ireland’s data-centre problem, says Equal1 CEO Jason Lynch

Admin - September 15, 2024

‘We need to look at this as an investment in the jobs of the future’ says tech boss That’s according to Jason Lynch, the...

Bussiness

Turvey Golf Club in north county Dublin to be converted into emergency accommodation for homeless

Admin - September 8, 2024

Turvey Golf Club in Donabate, the site of which was bought out of receivership by one of Northern Ireland’s biggest companies, is to be...

Bussiness

Irish timber sales and exports set to double, as Sitka plantations from Eighties and Nineties mature

Admin - September 8, 2024

In the mid-1990s we were planting over 20,000 hectares a year Irish timber sales to the UK could double to €2bn a year over the...

Bussiness

Irish search and rescue helicopters land a new home and HQ at John Collison’s Weston Airport

Admin - September 1, 2024

Philip Bartlett of Bristow Ireland is the chief of Ireland’s rescue helicopter service He points up to a sign reading Bristow Ireland – the firm...

Bussiness

‘No-win, no-fee’ ads for solicitors are prohibited – so why are they appearing on social media?

Admin - September 1, 2024

Recruitment firm seeks clampdown on banned social media adverts that can lead to ‘questionable’ legal claims Despite a strict prohibition on such advertisements in Ireland,...

Bussiness

Ireland under scrutiny in the US for being a Big Pharma tax haven

Admin - July 28, 2024

Ex-Biden adviser decries current set-up for pharmaceutical giantsBipartisan push in Washington DC for reformsEconomist Brad Setser says Donald Trump-era tax act is a ‘particular...

Bussiness

Irish pharma supplier Prodieco buys US rival in strategic consolidation deal

Admin - July 28, 2024

Acquisition of American firm Gemel Precision Tooling hailed as a ‘significant value creation opportunity’ by Dublin-based firm’s CEO Lisa Ainsworth Dublin-based precision engineering firm Prodieco...

Bussiness

Dave’s Hot Chicken to wing its way here

Admin - July 14, 2024

Dave’s Hot Chicken, the rapidly growing fast-food phenomenon which counts rapper Drake and Samuel L Jackson among its celebrity backers, is eyeing up Ireland...

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